TURTLEDOME!: Battle Bone (DM: KenHood, Judge: Lord S.)

[Reklaw]

[sblock=OOC]I don't know if I said what my daily was already but I believe it was freezing cloud? Question, if I attack the rat swarm with Magic missiles I damage the swarm as a whole so there is no reason to employ an AOE attack on them right? And right now I can't attack the Impulse control rat or any of those rats because of LOS right? Or does Erlai not count since she is tiny? Right now I can attack Origami Rat 25, Vocab Rat, and Origami Rat Swarm, and Origami Rat 11. Believe I'll just default to MM that rat swarm unless I can attack the group at L6 with an AOE.[/sblock]

 

[weldon]

Finnian moves towards the rat closest to him and attacks with his sword and dagger. Erlai holds for the moment, waiting for direction from his master.

Finnian swings with the Sword of Five Elements...

Broadsword attack, damage, effect (1d20+6=19, 1d10+4=13, 1d6=5) (Void)

What the...? Finnian almost loses his balance as the blade vanishes and does not make contact with his target as he expected. He recovers and slashes with the dagger in his off hand, but the ranger is still off balance and only makes a weak thrust at his opponent.

Dagger attack, damage (1d20+6=7, 1d4+3=7)

HQ Damage (1d8=2)

[sblock=OOC]The Hunter's Quarry damage only applies if the dagger hits, or the void effect applies to these magical creatures[/sblock]
[sblock=Combat Actions]Move: Finnian moves to J4
Minor: Hunter's Quarry on Origami Rat 11
Standard: Twin Strike on Origami Rat 11[/sblock]

 

[Atanatotatos]

ooc:allies don't offer cover to enemies, so you have LOS. MM is low damage so an AOE is the best here.
Finnian, you don't add strenght to dmg with Twin strike. But you do add the weapon's enhancement bonus.

 

[fireinthedust]

[sblock=change my action?] When my turn comes, can I add that I'm using an action point to Scorching Burst the swarm? If they are that bad, I'm sure we can risk a little fire. I'm thinking 3e 'move into my square so I take automatic damage' bad.

Also: I thought we'd extended-rested after fighting Cousin Eustice. We got a sword then went over to the next house. I didn't think Daily meant literally every day.[/sblock]

 

[Reklaw]

[sblock=OOC]Think I'm going to freezing cloud J6 area but if I did I'd hit Finnian right? Will wait and see where everyone ends up. We ended up not taking the extended I thought?[/sblock]

 

[mohalloran]

"Vaunea ATTAAAAAAAAAAAACK!" Vaunea gains back her balance and heads off towards Origami Rat#21 and swings her large battleaxe with great vigor.

[sblock='Actions']
Move Action: Slide to I6
Standard Action: Attack (Brash Strike 1d20+9->20;1d12+8->20 and Origami Rat#21 has combat advantage over me until the start of my next turn.)
Minor Action: Mark Origami Rat#21
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[mohalloran]

[sblock='KenHood']What does the aura do, or did I miss you telling us?[/sblock]

 

[KenHood]

OOC: What Ata said.

Though if Hadarai had said it, it would have sounded like "Sandwich dinosaur eclisped Monday."​

[sblock=Reklaw]

I don't know if I said what my daily was already but I believe it was freezing cloud?

Okay. *Poof!* Ya gots it!

Question, if I attack the rat swarm with Magic missiles I damage the swarm as a whole so there is no reason to employ an AOE attack on them right?

No, no, no.

No.

Swarms take half damage from ranged and melee attacks. They are vulnerable to close and area attacks. If you use an area attack, it inflicts an additional 5 points of damage to the swarm.

And right now I can't attack the Impulse control rat or any of those rats because of LOS right?

What Ata said. Your allies don't block line of sight.

Or does Erlai not count since she is tiny?

That's just hurtful. You should apologize to Erlai for that.
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[sblock=Weldon!]You can't add your Strength bonus to damage with Twin Strike.

Bad Weldon! Stop it! Bad, bad Weldon!

Also, I'm assuming that you used a free action to activate the sword's elemental properties. You don't have to do that if you don't want the extra effect.[/sblock]

[sblock=Atanatotatos]Yeah. The rat swarm is bigger than the one in the Monster Manual. Don't worry. The XP will reflect that.[/sblock]

[sblock=Emral]

When my turn comes, can I add that I'm using an action point to Scorching Burst the swarm?

Yes. Wait until your turn, then post what you do.

Also: I thought we'd extended-rested after fighting Cousin Eustice.

Nope. Remember, I asked you guys if you wanted to rest or head after the rats?

I didn't think Daily meant literally every day.

It does.[/sblock]

[sblock=Vaunea]The terrain forces you to move in horizontal or vertical lines. You cannot move diagonally.

The aura of a rat swarm lets it make a free, basic attack against you at the start of your turn.[/sblock]

Some rulings...
I'm going to let you revise some actions. Give me the answers, and I'll post the results.

1. Finnian: Do you use a free action to activate the elemental powers of the Sword of Five Elements?
2. Vaunea: You cannot slide to I6 because of the terrain effects. (You cannot move diagonally. You have to move 1 space down to I5, then a second space over to I6.) Where you gonna go?

 

[weldon]

[sblock=Rulings]

That's just hurtful. You should apologize to Erlai for that.

No need. Erlai is an animal after all. I've been trying to avoid anthropomorphizing/Disneyfying him too much.

Bad Weldon! Stop it! Bad, bad Weldon!

Ah, I keep forgetting that, don't I. Apologies.

Finnian: Do you use a free action to activate the elemental powers of the Sword of Five Elements?

I actually didn't mean to do that. I thought it was unavoidable and I could only choose to spend a healing surge to control it.
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[mohalloran]

[sblock='Rulings']I will head down to I5 and then over to I6. The rest of my action remains the same.[/sblock]